The women’s rights movement was formed around 1840 during the antebellum period.Many women seeked equal rights in their personal lives, economics, and politics. It branched off of other reforms and became one of the most important of them all. Women who were part of the women’s rights movement were first part of other reforms such as abolition, the temperance movement, and the religious revival.but they realized that they couldn’t change other things if they had no power. Many women soon realized that in order to have effect in other movements and in life in general, they first needed to gain rights among women as a whole.It became necessary to gain rights among the women if they were going to change anything else in society. Although at this point some may regard this movement as a failure because women did not end up with the right to vote, it certainly sparked the idea of women gaining ranks in our country and without this initial startup of it it’s likely we would not have made the progress that we did. Although women never progressed farther with voting rights, women still made a a substantial amount of progress in other various forms of reform.
Causes
No schools for girls
Seneca Falls Convention
No right to vote
Kept out of political discussions about war and politics in general
Involved in other reforms but still had limited power
No right to own property
Lower wages than men
Needed husbands permission to make decisions
Men belived "excellence could be achieved only in a public male-only arena."
Couldn’t get work doing anything other than teaching or writing
Goals
Education for girls
Some Political power
Religious leadership/power
Equal wages
Right to own or operate property
Right to divorce an abusive husband, or their husband in general
Right to the custody of their children after divorce
Tactics
Seneca Falls convention
Akron Women’s Rights convention
Petitioning for right to vote within reform groups
Hartford Female Seminary (1st female college)
Voiced their opinion through newspapers- Elizabeth Bisbee created the newspaper Alliance, which fought for equal rights between men and women
The women's reform movement in the antebellum period seems like a failure altogether at first because they didn't achieve the right to vote.Although the Women's Reform Movement did not help women achieve the right to vote, this movement was responsible for allowing However, the women of this time period made to make great progress in moving up and gaining power. For example, the Seneca Falls Convention was a great success. They created the Declaration of Sentiments which was put together mostly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony who agreed with views on the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independance.One of womens' biggest successes was the Seneca Falls Convention, where The Declaration of Sentiments was established. This document expressed how women should have more rights and explained how the Declaration of Independance worked to men's favor. Women also suceeded when it came to establishing new laws. Through this movement, they recieved the right to own property, make contracts, and gain the right to their children.The Declaration of sentiments was written at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and the Declaration of Indenpendance was written on July 4th 1776. Another success of the women was they Women also sucessfully started their own newspaper, called "The Revolution", which had feministic articles in it. One article, written on Feb 5, 1868, can be found here Revolution Article.
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Key Figures/People
Lucretia Mott
Born January 3, 1793
Learned to read and write as a young child
Attended Nine Partners Boarding School
1811 married James Mott
Took a teaching job even though she had young children
Read Vindication of the Rights of Women(1792) this had a strong influence on her
Began to speak at Quaker meetings, became Quaker minister in the 1820's
During the 1830s she befriended William Llyod Garrison(who founded the New England Anti-Slavery Society) this led Mott to found the Female Anti-Slavery Society in 1833
Fought for equality in the society, wanted women to be able to vote
1840, Mott elected as an American delegate for the British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
She and Stanton called the Seneca Falls Convention to talk about women's rights
Even though she fought mainly against slavery, she was a role model for the Women’s Rights movement because she fought for their equality when she faced serious sexual discrimination
She was a respected leader in Women’s Rights that allowed the movement to gain credibility
Did not live to see the equal rights of women succeed but she did give the movement necessary motivation to get to that point
Died November 11 1880
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B Anthony
In 1848 Anthony attended the Seneca Falls Convention (the first meeting to promote women's rights)
She worked as a teacher before becoming a women's right advocate
She met Elizabeth Cady Stanton two years later at the Seneca Falls Convention and together they fought for women’s rights attending many other national conventions
She became a target of the press for her work
Together she and Stanton created the Deceleration of Independence
During the Civil War she focused on abolition, she and Stanton organized the Women's Loyal National League, they demanded the emancipation of slaves
She fought for the rights of women after the fourteenth amendment was created, it included black males but not women
She felt this should be "women’s hour" because they fought so hard for the emancipation of slaves
Anthony later launched a speaking tour and a magazine called Revolution to raise awareness and support for equal pay regardless of gender, the education of girls, opening more occupations to women, and liberal divorce laws
She organized a Working Women's Association in New York City to further these goals in women’s rights
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Stanton graduated from Jonstown Academy in1832
She learned about the unequal rights for men and women from her father who was a lawyer
Stanton’s early work included supporting the Married Women’s Property Act passed in March 1848
She called attention to her ideas in many ways such as contributing articles to the New York Tribune and in1851 by befriending Susan B. Anthony
1848 formulated the first organized demand for woman suffrage
Stanton along with Mott started in July 1848 to create the Woman’s Rights Convention that they had projected while in London
Stanton drafted the Declaration of Sentiments for the convention (inspired by the Declaration of Independence) it represented the first public call for woman suffrage
She wrote many speeches and resolutions that were presented by her friend Anthony at meetings
During the Civil War she too was an advocate for abolitionism
Organized the Women's National Loyal League with Anthony
Served as president of the Woman’s State Temperance Society, she advocated liberalization of divorce laws to protect wives of alcoholics
Key Events
Seneca Falls
The idea for the convention began in London England between Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott while the were attending the World Anti-Slavery Society
Women were denied the opportunity to speak and this inspired discussion between the two women about unequal treatment, which they found occurred in many ways
They decided they needed a convention for women to secure equal rights
This convention took place on July 19, 1848 at the Weslyan Methodist Church in Seneca Falls, New York
260 women and 40 men in attendance
Was the first national women’s rights convention
On the first day Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions( modeled after the declaration of independence)
The meeting convinced other women to stand up for their rights and served as a catalyst to women's rights movement
Debate was the basis of the convention, it was widely accepted by both men and women that they are created equal and should have the same "inalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"
The biggest concern was whether or not women should fight for the right to vote
Other concerns were the right to preach, to teach, and be educated
Many people in attendance believed it was too radical of an idea
Mott was willing to discard the idea while Stanton wanted to stand her ground
100 women signed the final docment, and every right listed was granted, except the right to vote
Akron Women’s Rights Convention
Also known as the Second National Women’s Rights Convention
This convention was located in Akron Ohio in May 28-29 1851
New leaders attending this meeting included Antoinette Brown, who became the first ordained female minister, Harriot Hunt, a medical pioneer, and Sojourner Truth, an abolitionist
President of the convention was Frances Dana Gage who opened the convention with a speech about how men and women deserve equal rights because they struggle along side men to adapt to their environments
The convention was a connection between women’s rights and abolition
The convention served mainly as a way to shape the press, in turn allowing the ideas of women’s rights and abolition to spread to mothers at home and young minds
Hartford Female Seminary is Founded
Organized education for women, the second major female seminary to promote higher education of women
The seminary is founded by Catherine Beecher, a pioneer in women’s education
The seminary was founded in May 1823
It was located in Hartford, Connecticut
The number of girls grew from 39 to 203 in just seven years
National Women's Right Convention
The first women's right national convention held in Worecester,MA in 1850
Organized by Lucretia Mott and Abbey Kelley
The meeting was called to discuss and demand women the right to vote, to own property, to be admitted to higher education, medicine, the ministry, and other professions
More than 1,000 delegates from 11 different states were in attendance
There was massive press coverage which helped bring the convention to national attention and helped build support for the movement
Prominet speakers in the movement that spoke at the convention- Abbey Kelley, Lucy Stone, and Abby Price, Sojourner Truth
Bibliography:
Internet: Linden, Blanche M. G. "Anthon y, Susan B." Americans at War. Ed. John P. Resch. Vol. 2: 1816-1900. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 11-13. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. High School. 12 Nov. 2009 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=s0003.
"Seneca Falls Convention." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. Vol. 9. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 98-100. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. High School. 10 Nov. 2009 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=s0003.
"Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)." American Eras. Vol. 7: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 220-221. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. High School. 10 Nov. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=s0003>. Ali Stamm
Print:
The 19th Century,Great Lives.Vol.1,2,3.John Powell.Salem Press.2007
The 19th Century,Great Events. Vol.1.John Powell.Salem Press.2007
Burkett, Elinor. "The Fight for Women's Suffrage — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. 2010. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. <http://www.history.com/topics/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage>.
"First Women's Rights Movement - Ohio History Central - A Product of the Ohio Historical Society." Ohio History Central - An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History - Ohio Historical Society. 1 July 2005. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=566>.
The women’s rights movement was formed around 1840 during the antebellum period.Many women seeked equal rights in their personal lives, economics, and politics. It branched off of other reforms and became one of the most important of them all. Women who were part of the women’s rights movement were first part of other reforms such as abolition, the temperance movement, and the religious revival. but they realized that they couldn’t change other things if they had no power. Many women soon realized that in order to have effect in other movements and in life in general, they first needed to gain rights among women as a whole.It became necessary to gain rights among the women if they were going to change anything else in society. Although at this point some may regard this movement as a failure because women did not end up with the right to vote, it certainly sparked the idea of women gaining ranks in our country and without this initial startup of it it’s likely we would not have made the progress that we did. Although women never progressed farther with voting rights, women still made a a substantial amount of progress in other various forms of reform.
Causes
Goals
Tactics
More Helpful Sites
Seneca Falls
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Women's Rights Timeline
Antebellum Period
Successes/Failures
The women's reform movement in the antebellum period seems like a failure altogether at first because they didn't achieve the right to vote. Although the Women's Reform Movement did not help women achieve the right to vote, this movement was responsible for allowing However, the women of this time period made to make great progress in moving up and gaining power. For example, the Seneca Falls Convention was a great success. They created the Declaration of Sentiments which was put together mostly by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony who agreed with views on the hypocrisy of the Declaration of Independance. One of womens' biggest successes was the Seneca Falls Convention, where The Declaration of Sentiments was established. This document expressed how women should have more rights and explained how the Declaration of Independance worked to men's favor. Women also suceeded when it came to establishing new laws. Through this movement, they recieved the right to own property, make contracts, and gain the right to their children.The Declaration of sentiments was written at the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848 and the Declaration of Indenpendance was written on July 4th 1776. Another success of the women was they Women also sucessfully started their own newspaper, called "The Revolution", which had feministic articles in it. One article, written on Feb 5, 1868, can be found here Revolution Article.
[[http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.php/course_locator.php?course=AP US History I&lesson=31&topic=3&width=800&height=684&topicTitle=Women%27s%20Right&skinPath=http://www.hippocampus.org/hippocampus.skins/default |Click Here For Video On Women's Rights]]
Key Figures/People
Lucretia Mott
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Key Events
Seneca Falls
Akron Women’s Rights Convention
Hartford Female Seminary is Founded
National Women's Right Convention
Bibliography:
Internet:
Linden, Blanche M. G. "Anthon y, Susan B." Americans at War. Ed. John P. Resch. Vol. 2: 1816-1900. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 11-13. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. High School. 12 Nov. 2009 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=s0003.
"Seneca Falls Convention." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. Ed. Shirelle Phelps and Jeffrey Lehman. Vol. 9. 2nd ed. Detroit: Gale, 2005. 98-100. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. High School. 10 Nov. 2009 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=s0003.
"Stanton, Elizabeth Cady (1815-1902)." American Eras. Vol. 7: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1850-1877. Detroit: Gale, 1997. 220-221. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Gale. High School. 10 Nov. 2009 <http://go.galegroup.com/ps/start.do?p=GVRL&u=s0003>.
Ali Stamm
Print:
The 19th Century,Great Lives.Vol.1,2,3.John Powell.Salem Press.2007
The 19th Century,Great Events. Vol.1.John Powell.Salem Press.2007
Burkett, Elinor. "The Fight for Women's Suffrage — History.com Articles, Video, Pictures and Facts." History.com — History Made Every Day — American & World History. 2010. Web. 17 Nov. 2010. <http://www.history.com/topics/the-fight-for-womens-suffrage>.
Kickler, Troy. "Women's Rights." Marshall Cavendish (2010): n. pag. Web. 17 Nov 2010. http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/articledisplayresult.
"First Women's Rights Movement - Ohio History Central - A Product of the Ohio Historical Society." Ohio History Central - An Online Encyclopedia of Ohio History - Ohio Historical Society. 1 July 2005. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. <http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=566>.